Seeing Through

Richard breathed out lightly and slowly lowered his hands, which were still forming hand seals.

Not far behind him, Loki stared at the entire process with his mouth wide open, looking completely incredulous as he said, "What the fuck! Have I been dreaming this whole time?!!!"

Richard raised a hand in a beckoning gesture, and the Lord of Evil Spirits, sealed by the Chaos Force, rapidly shrank and flew automatically into his palm.

Next, a Perception Tentacle extended and thrust directly into the gray seal.

Feeling the incomparably rich rules of evil spirits within the seal, Richard confirmed that this was the Main Body of the Lord of Evil Spirits, nodded with satisfaction, flipped his wrist, and put the gray seal away into his Storage Ring.

Then, he turned around to look at Loki.

"Your trouble is resolved. What do you plan to do next? Are you coming back to Earth with me to see the retired Odin and Frigga? Or are you staying in Asgard to visit your loser brother?"

"No..." Loki had just waved his hand in refusal when he reacted a beat later.

He hurriedly withdrew his hand, looking startled and suspicious as he asked, "Wait?! What did you just say?! My loser brother?!"

Richard shrugged. "Uh-huh~"

Loki asked uncertainly, "You mean... Thor?!"

Richard looked at him with the gaze one would reserve for a fool. "Do you have any other brothers besides Thor?! Does this world not have Baldr the god of light, or did Laufey give birth to a little brother for you recently?!"

Loki's mouth twitched. He wanted to retort with something, but obviously what Richard had just said interested him much more.

Thus, he asked urgently, "What's wrong with Thor?! Why did you call him a loser?!!!"

As if thinking of something, the